Guru Rinpoche
His Life and Times
$65.14
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
7 January 2025
Summary
This book recounts Guru Rinpoche’s historic visit to Tibet and explains his continuing significance to Buddhists. Through a series of historical texts written by prominent Tibetan Buddhist masters, this book recounts the life and legacy of Padmasambhava, The Lotus-Born, better known as Guru Rinpoche. Credited with transmitting Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century CE during the last century of the Tibetan Empire, Guru Rinpoche fostered radical changes to Tibet, marking historic transformations…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781645473480 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1645473481 |
| Author: | Ngawang Zangpo |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 7 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“The presence of Guru Rinpoché, a figure so important to Tibetan Buddhists he is called simply ‘The Precious Master,’ can be felt still in each of these liberating stories translated here. Read side-by-side, they reveal an even wider picture, deftly highlighted by Ngawang Zangpo’s introduction of how history and culture interact with the inner spirituality that is beyond time and place.”
—Sarah Harding, author of Creation and Completion
“With a thought-provoking introduction and stimulating cultural, religious, and literary insights, this new work will certainly be enjoyed by everyone interested in the vast spiritual legacy of the ‘Second Buddha’ in Tibet.”
—Cyrus Stearns, author of The Buddha from Dölpo
Ngawang Zangpo
Ngawang Zangpo (Hugh Leslie Thompson) completed two three-year retreats under the direction of the late Kalu Rinpoche. He is presently working on a number of translation projects under the direction of Chadral Rinpoche and Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. He has also contributed to Kalu Rinpoche’s translation group’s books Myriad Worlds and Buddhist Ethics.
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